Tie for railway-rails.



. H. MAGKEY.

TIE FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29,1914.

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O RSMER MACKEY, OF MARLBORO, NEW YORK.

TIE FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pamgnfed Sept, 15, 1914.

Application filed April 29, 1914, Serial No. 835,243.

Y all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OI-:SMER H. MACKEY, a citizen of the `United States, residing at Marlboro, in the county of Ulster and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ties for Railway-Rails, of which thefollowing fis a specification.

The present invention relates to ties` for railway rails.

In carrying out invention I propose to simplify and improve the existing art by constructing a tie which shall include a metal casing, a filler of plastic material, and which shall be provided with cushions to receive the rail, whereby the desired amount of elasticity is affordedboth the rail and the tie.

A further object of the invention is the construction and arrangement of a tie of this class which shall provide means whereby the rails may be secured thereon, dispensing with the employment of rail clips or plates and the ordinary spikes.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention showing the rails supported thereon and attached thereto, Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a plan view with the rails and rail securing members removed, Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 'J3-0c of F ig. 3, Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view on the line @/-y of Fig. 3, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the securing bolts, and Fig. 7 is a modified form of the bolt.

In carrying out my invention I provide a casing of metal which includes parallel sides 1, the said casing being substantially rectangular and of the required dimensions. The sides and bottom l and 2 are of comparatively thin metal, in the preferred construction being only about one-quarter of an inch in thiclmess, the bottom 2 being of a similar thickness, while the ends 2 and 3 comprise comparatively heavy plates, being about one inch in thickness. It is, of course, to be understood that all of the members comprising the casing are formed from a single casting, and integrally formed with the sides and bottom, at a suitable distance from the ends 2 and 3 of the casing are vertically disposed blocks 4, each of which being of a greater thickness than the base flanges of the rails. Theseblocks have their upper faces channeled, as at 5, the said channels extending transverse of the rails, and being of a width substantially equaling the width of the base flanges of the rails 6.

The channels are comparatively deep, but include lower horizontally straight faces and right angular side walls, and each of the said channels is adapted to have ar ranged therein acushion block 7 which may be formed of wood, rubber', felt or analogous substance which shallenibody the desirable amount of flexibility to permit of the yielding of the rails when the weight of the rolling stock is deposited thereon. The cushion blocks may be sustained within the channels in any desired or preferred manner, it being understood that the said channels 5 also eX- tend through the sides l of the casing. The upper faces of the side walls of the channels are formed with threaded openings 6 which are adapted to receive the threaded shanks of bolts 8, the said bolts having their outer ends square or non-circular, as at 9, and being each provided with a preferably rounded flange 10 which is of a width greater than the width of the side walls formed upon the blocks 4 to the opposite sides of the channels 5, so that the said flanges will contact with the base flanges of the rails and sustain the rails upon the cushion blocks within the channels 5. The blocks 4 divide the casing l into a central compartment 1l and end compartments 12 and 13 respectively, each of which compartments receiving a filler of plastic material 14 whereby the desired vweight is imparted to the tie, and further whereby the metallic casing is effectively reinforced and strengthened to withstand the strain to which it is subjected.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawings, it will be noted that the comparatively thin sheets and ends of the casing or body of the tie will permit of a certain but desired amount of resiliency, and `an abnormal strain of the same will be absorbed by the comparatively thick ends thereof, which strain, through the medium of the plastic fillers, will also be imparted to the blocks 4 so that danger of the breakage of the tie by an impact of force will be effectively overcome, and furthermore, that the cushion blocks will, to a great extent, absorb such shock, while the bolts S'provide effective means for sustaining the rails upon the tie. In this connection it should be stated also that the flanges l0 of the bolts may, if desired, be in the nature of washers,

as illustrated in Fig. 7 of the dra-wings.

Having thus describedthe invention, what I `claim is:

1. A tie for railway rails including an outer casing comprising sides, ends and a bottom, blocks integrally formed with the sides and bottom, said blocks having their upper faces formed with channels which pass through the `sides of the casing, a plastic liller within the compartments provided be tween the blocks and ends of the casing, cushion members within the channels and adapted to receive rails, and bolts engaging threaded openings in the blocks and having their heads contacting with the 4base flanges of the rails wh-en'thesaid rails are arranged upon the cushions.

2. A tie for railway rails including an outer casing comprising sides, ends and a bottom, vthe sides and bottom being comparatively thinin "comparison to the ends, blocks integrally formed with the sides and bottom, said blocks having their upper faces formed with channels which pass through the sides of the casing, a plastic ller within the compartments provided between the blocks and ends of the casing, cushion members within the channels andV adapted toreceive rails, and bolts engaging threaded openings in the blocks vandl having'their heads contacting with'th'e base flanges of the rails when 'the said rails are arranged upon the cushions. l

In testimony whereof I aiix `my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l ORSMER H. MACKEY.

vWitnesses:

E. YV. CARPENTER, ALEXANDER JOHNSTON.

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